No. 70 April-June 2002

Politics and Human Rights

Indonesia - US military ties
       September 11th and after - Kurt Biddle

The life and death of Theys Eluay
       The murdered Papuan leader was an ambiguous figure - At Ipenburg

BP and the Tangguh test
       A multi-billion dollar gas project in a remote Papuan bay needs scrutiny - Down to Earth

Culture

Revolution of hope
       Independent films are young, free and radical - Katinka van Heeren

Do-it-yourself freedom
       How to escape the mainstream, big money, newspaper thought police - Alexandra Crosby

Peace and cooperation

Celebrate for peace
       Reclaiming public ritual can help resolve conflict - Taufik Rahzen

We are all one
       How custom overcame religious rivalry in Southeast Maluku - P M Laksono

Between war and peace
       An insider speaks about peace negotiations on Aceh - Otto Syamsuddin Ishak

Aceh negotiation ups and downs
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Waiting for peace in Poso
       Why has this Muslim-Christian conflict continued for three years? - Lorraine V Aragon

Is reconciliation sleeping with the devil?
       The dilemmas of negotiating an end to conflict - Vanessa Johanson

Australians volunteer
       The history of Australian Volunteers International begins in Indonesia - Peter Britton

Antidote to parochialism
       - Herb Feith

The first volunteer
       Herb Feith, who began it all 50 years ago, inspires a new volunteer - Rachael Diprose

Herb Feith

Bush, Osama and the planet
       - Bill Liddle and Herb Feith

Ideas man
       Herb Feith's search for better mental road maps to a complex Indonesia - Jamie Mackie

A syncretistic Jew
       Learning from Indonesian religious experience - Herb Feith

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